the trouble is the lutheran ministers of america aren't preaching it because he wrote them in german and they've never been translated into english. but he was a tough preacher. now there are 10,385 verses in the bible concerning christ's return and i have them coded in my prophecy bible-one out of every four verses. so if you're going to preach expository, verse by verse, you'd have to preach on christ's return every fourth week. some of you guys have never preached a message on it. now you have a real problem with god. here's the biggest excuse we hear today about people saying, oh it will never be in my lifetime. no one knows the day and the hour, matthew 24:36. jesus said you'll know when it's near, even at the door, verse 33, and then not the day and hour. there are one thousand signs, 500 before he comes to earth and 500 after we are here with him. all 500 are fulfilled so this is a lame excuse when you say ii peter 3:3. this is you, knowing this first that there shall come in the last days scoffers saying, where is the promise of his coming? all things continue as they were re